Live flu vaccine trial
Friday, 27 February, 2009
Melbourne’s BioDiem and Schering-Plough’s vaccine business unit Nobilon have begun a clinical development program for BioDiem’s intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV).
The vaccine, named SCH 900795, is composed of three attenuated flu viruses that will be delivered in a single-dose intranasal spray.
The Phase I study will test the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the vaccine in 120 healthy volunteers.
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